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April 19, 2000 - Mayor's Approval Drops To Lowest Ever,
Quinnipiac College Poll Finds;
Green Would Be OK As New Mayor, Voters Say

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's approval rating has dropped to a negative 37 - 57 percent among
New York City voters, his lowest ever, according to a Quinnipiac College poll released today.

The Mayor's highest ever approval rating was 74 - 23 percent in a February 11, 1998,
poll by the independent Quinnipiac College. In a March 15, 2000, poll, his approval was 43
- 49 percent.

Voters approve 51 - 43 percent of the Mayor's handling of crime, and give him a
negative 31 - 57 percent for his handling of education. In the February, 1998, poll, he scored
83 - 14 percent on crime and 42 - 49 percent on education.

If Giuliani is elected Senator and Public Advocate Mark Green succeeds him as Mayor,
9 percent of New Yorkers expect Green to do an "excellent" job as Mayor, while 34 percent
expect him to do a "good" job; 29 percent expect him to do "only a fair" job and 8 percent
expect him to do a "poor" job, with 20 percent undecided.

Thirty-one percent of New York city voters say Green would do a better job as Mayor,
while 23 percent say he would do a worse job and 30 percent say he would do about the same
as Giuliani.

"The bad news for Mayor Giuliani is his big drop in job approval. The somewhat
better news is that 18 percent of voters are `very satisfied' and 45 percent are `somewhat
satisfied' with the way things are going in the City," said Maurice Carroll, director of the
Quinnipiac College Polling Institute. "But those numbers were higher in the past."

"Voters are lukewarm about Public Advocate Mark Green as Mayor: 31 percent of
New Yorkers say he'd do a better job than Giuliani, but shouldn't Green be doing better when
Giuliani is at his weakest," Carroll said. "Is there a better alternative? None of the other
mayoral wanna-be's has caught the voters' attention so far."

Race relations in the City are "generally bad," according to 63 percent of voters, including
58 percent of white voters, 71 percent of black voters and 70 percent of Hispanic voters;

45 percent of all voters, including 37 percent of white voters, 57 percent of black voters
and 43 percent of Hispanic voters, say race relations in the City are getting worse.

"The Dorismond case has focused dissatisfaction on the Mayor: 90 percent of New
Yorkers know something about the case and only 16 percent of New Yorkers approve of the
Mayor's public response to this incident," Carroll said.

From April 12 - 17, Quinnipiac College surveyed 816 New York City registered
voters, with a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percent. The Quinnipiac College Poll, directed by
Douglas Schwartz, conducts public opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut as a public service and for research.

For additional data -- www.quinnipiac.edu or call (203) 287-5201

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Rudolph Giuliani
is handling his job as Mayor?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Approve 37% 57% 6% 27%

Disapprove 57 36 91 69

DK/NA 6 7 3 4

2. In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in
New York City today? Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied,
somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Very satisfied 18% 29% 3% 5%

Smwht satisfied 45 51 29 53

Smwht dissatisfied 20 15 32 24

Very dissatisfied 17 5 36 17

DK/NA 1 1 - -

4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Mayor Giuliani is handling
crime?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Approve 51% 67% 27% 41%

Disapprove 43 27 67 51

DK/NA 6 6 6 8

5. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Mayor Giuliani is handling
education?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Approve 31% 39% 17% 22%

Disapprove 57 47 77 66

DK/NA 12 14 7 12

6. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Mayor Giuliani is handling
relations between blacks and whites?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Approve 20% 31% 3% 9%

Disapprove 73 60 95 78

DK/NA 7 9 2 12

7. Is your opinion of Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer
favorable, unfavorable, mixed, or haven't you heard enough about him?

13. If Rudolph Giuliani is elected to the United States Senate this
year, Public Advocate Mark Green would automatically become Mayor to
fill out the remainder of the term.
Do you think Green would do an excellent job as Mayor, a good job,
only a fair job, or a poor job as Mayor?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Excellent 9% 9% 11% 9%

Good 34 35 38 29

Only fair 29 28 29 29

Poor 8 9 5 10

DK/NA 20 19 18 24

14. Do you think Green would do a better job as Mayor than Giuliani, a
worse job than Giuliani, or about the same?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Better 31% 19% 53% 34%

Worse 23 36 5 6

Same 30 29 28 37

DK/NA 17 17 14 22

15. Do you think race relations in New York City today are generally
good or generally bad?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Good 30% 36% 21% 25%

Bad 63 58 71 70

DK/NA 7 6 8 5

16. Do you think race relations in New York City are getting better,
getting worse, or staying about the same?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Getting better 14% 18% 9% 10%

Getting worse 45 37 57 43

Staying the same 40 44 32 48

DK/NA 1 1 1 -

17. How much of this change is due to the policies of Rudolph Giuliani -
most of it, some, or none?

Better Worse

Most 19% 55%

Some 41 34

None 33 10

DK/NA 7 2

41. How closely have you been following the case of Patrick Dorismond
who was shot and killed by an undercover narcotics detective in New York
City? Would you say you have been following it very closely, somewhat
closely, not too closely, or not at all?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Very closely 22% 17% 33% 23%

Smwht closely 44 46 46 31

Not too closely 24 28 16 26

Not at all 9 8 5 19

DK/NA 1 1 - 1

42. Do you approve or disapprove of Rudolph Giuliani's public response
to this incident?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Approve 16% 25% 1% 11%

Disapprove 71 59 94 72

DK/NA 13 16 5 18

43. Do you approve or disapprove of Hillary Rodham Clinton's public
response to this incident?